Martin Smith is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 11 years of professional experience building AR/VR/XR systems, cloud-native services, and AI/deep learning-driven graphics pipelines. As Co-Founder and CTO of Trace since 2021, he combines startup-level product instincts with hands-on engineering practice honed during six years leading software development at Magic Leap. His background spans real-time computer graphics, game development, and scalable cloud infrastructure—bridging research prototypes and production deployments. Martin holds an MS in Computer Science from The George Washington University and began his career on video analytics and interactive entertainment at ObjectVideo and Electronic Arts. He’s comfortable moving between low-level rendering and high-level ML model integration, often translating experimental XR ideas into shipping features. Based in Portland, Oregon, he brings a pragmatic, cross-disciplinary approach that accelerates product innovation in immersive computing.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at The George Washington University - School of Engineering & Applied Science
Build iOS project (.xcodeproj, .xcworkspace), and export ipa
Contributions:4 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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